privy

英 [ˈprɪvi]

美 [ˈprɪvi]

adj.  准许知情; 可参与秘事
n.  (户外)厕所，茅房

复数：privies　

Collins.1 / BNC.8767 / COCA.13963

牛津词典

adj.

• 准许知情；可参与秘事
  allowed to know about sth secret
  1. She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
     她未获准接触那些信的内容。

noun

• （户外）厕所，茅房
  a toilet, especially an outdoor one

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 允许获知的；知情的；了解内情的
  If you areprivy tosomething secret, you have been allowed to know about it.
  1. Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
     只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。
• （尤指户外的）厕所，茅房
  Aprivyis a toilet, especially one that is in a small building outside a house.

英英释义

noun

• a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
  Synonym:outhouseearth-closetjakes
• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  Synonym:toiletlavatorylavcanjohnbathroom

adj

• hidden from general view or use
  1. a privy place to rest and think
  2. a secluded romantic spot
  3. a secret garden
  Synonym:secludedsecret

双语例句

• Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
  只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。
• Or as sulky as a member of the Privy council.
  也可以像英国枢密院的议员般严厉。
• I'm not even privy to his briefings.
  甚至在他的简要报告中都很少提到我。
• There was a release clause in my contract that no one was supposed to be privy to but if people go and mention that I can't help it.
  在我的合同里，有个额外的条款，但人们总不断的提到它，我也无能为力。
• For many countries ( especially commonwealth countries) appealed may be hear from the highest court of these countries by the privy council.
  对许多国家（尤其是英联邦国家）枢密院可能会审理来自最高法院的上诉。
• I'm not privy to the details of the international beer delivery, but I can tell you that the president is somebody who makes good on his bets, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters later on Friday.
  啤酒递送的细节我就不清楚了，但我可以告诉你的是，奥巴马总统是一个赌局中信誉良好的人。周五白宫发言人乔什厄尼思特向记者如是说。
• I feel as if I am back in the privy again, watching my father die.
  我感觉自己又回到了那个厕所，看着自己的父亲死亡。
• So the Privy Council was also called the King's Council in history.
  它在历史上也称为国王议会。
• And who might have been privy to it.
  并且谁能接触到它。
• Victoria: It is with a sense of reverence and honour that I address you, my Privy Councillors, as your Sovereign and Queen.
  维多利亚：作为你们的君主和女王，怀着崇敬和荣幸之情，我任命你们为枢密院议员。